Changeset 42448 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US
- Timestamp:
- Jul 30, 2012 1:53:08 PM (13 years ago)
- svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:
- 79579
- Location:
- trunk/doc/manual/en_US
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- 2 edited
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trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml
r41988 r42448 277 277 <listitem> 278 278 <para>When using remote iSCSI storage and the storage server 279 requires authentication, a password can optionally be supplied with 280 the <computeroutput>VBoxManage storageattach</computeroutput> 281 command. Note however that this is stored <emphasis 282 role="bold">unencrypted</emphasis> in the machine configuration and 283 is therefore potentially readable on the host. See <xref 279 requires authentication, an initiator secret can optionally be supplied 280 with the <computeroutput>VBoxManage storageattach</computeroutput> 281 command. As long as no settings password is provided (command line 282 option <screen>--settingspwfile</screen>, this secret is 283 stored <emphasis role="bold">unencrypted</emphasis> in the machine 284 configuration and is therefore potentially readable on the host. 285 See <xref 284 286 linkend="storage-iscsi" /> and <xref 285 287 linkend="vboxmanage-storageattach" />.</para> -
trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml
r42445 r42448 148 148 invoked in one single call. The following sections provide detailed 149 149 reference information on the different commands.</para> 150 </sect1> 151 152 <sect1 id="vboxmanage-general"> 153 <title>General options</title> 154 <para> 155 <itemizedlist> 156 <listitem> 157 <para><computeroutput>--version</computeroutput>: show the version of 158 this tool and exit.</para> 159 </listitem> 160 <listitem> 161 <para><computeroutput>--nologo</computeroutput>: suppress the output 162 of the logo information (useful for scripts)</para> 163 </listitem> 164 <listitem> 165 <para><computeroutput>--settingspw</computeroutput>: specifiy a settings 166 password</para> 167 </listitem> 168 <listitem> 169 <para><computeroutput>--settingspwfile</computeroutput>: specify a file 170 containing the settings password.</para> 171 </listitem> 172 </itemizedlist> 173 The settings password is used for certain settings which need to be 174 stored encrypted for security reasons. At the moment, the only encrypted 175 setting is the iSCSI initiator secret (see 176 <xref linkend="vboxmanage-storageattach" /> for details). As long as no 177 settings password is specified, this information is stored in 178 <emphasis role="bold">plain text</emphasis>. After using the 179 <computeroutput>--settingspw|--settingspwfile</computeroutput> option 180 once, it must be always used, otherwise the encrypted setting cannot 181 be unencrypted. 182 </para> 150 183 </sect1> 151 184 … … 1840 1873 1841 1874 <glossdef> 1842 <para>Username and password for target authentication, if required1843 (optional).<note>1844 <para> Currently, username and password are stored without1875 <para>Username and password (initiator secret) for target 1876 authentication, if required (optional).<note> 1877 <para>Username and password are stored without 1845 1878 encryption (i.e. in clear text) in the XML machine 1846 configuration file.</para> 1879 configuration file if no settings password is provided. 1880 When a settings password was specified the first time, 1881 the password is stored encrypted.</para> 1847 1882 </note></para> 1848 1883 </glossdef>
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